Schedules

• 12:00 am
  All Things Considered Obama's Drone Policy The program speaks with Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon about the Obama administration's shift on drone policy. Wyden was part of a group of senators who demanded that the administration turn over secret documents related to the operation against Amwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen killed in Yemen in a drone strike.
• 1:00 am
  BBC World Service
• 2:00 am
  Radio Specials Hearing Voices -- For the Fallen Green Beret and poet, Colonel Robert Schaefer of the U.S. Army, hosts the voices of veterans remembering their comrades. The program hears from troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, reading their emails, poems and journals, as part of the NEA project: "Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience." The show also hears interviews from StoryCorps, an essay from "This I Believe," and the sounds of a Military Honor Guard. And it visits a "Last Post" ceremony by Belgian veterans honoring the WWI British soldiers who died defending a small town in western Belgium.
• 3:30 am
  Morning Edition The Evolution of a Musical Revolutionary Igor Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" was so raw and dissonant, it drove audiences to riot. But throughout his career, Stravinsky continued to experiment - and some of his later compositions were melodic and formal. The program discusses the evolution of a musical revolutionary.
• 5:00 am
  Morning Edition
MORNING
• 6:33 am
  The Do List Host Cy Musiker and San Francisco Chronicle Executive Datebook editor David Wiegand look ahead at the hottest tickets and most spectacular shows this coming week in Northern California.
• 7:00 am
  Morning Edition
• 8:33 am
  The Do List The Do List This week we've got a superhero turning 75 and a sideman stepping into the spotlight.
• 9:00 am
  Forum California's New Health Insurance Exchange Unveils Plans, Premiums California's new health insurance exchange took a crucial step this week, setting the rates that consumers will pay when the federal health care law takes effect on January 1, 2014. Most say there isn't the rate shock that some had feared. But as we look ahead to further implementation of the Affordable Care Act, experts worry Californians will see spiking health costs, and that parts of the middle class will be left behind.
• 10:00 am
  Forum What is Terrorism? Recent news events such as this week's brutal killing of a British soldier in London, the Boston Marathon bombings, and the Congressional hearings on the Benghazi attacks have renewed a debate that has simmered since 9-11: What qualifies as terrorism?
• 11:00 am
  Talk of the Nation Tech Tips for Seniors Looking to Skype with a certain senior? Yearning to Facetime with those far away grandkids? The program offers some technology tips for older adults. Also, why are houses with dogs more diverse germ-wise?
AFTERNOON
• 12:00 pm
  Talk of the Nation Farming Innovations to Beat Drought As temperatures rise and aquifers drop, how can farmers adapt? The program looks at farming innovations to beat drought. And you may be a locavore, but do you eat "water consciously?" The show also discusses the rise of the crazy ants.
• 1:00 pm
  Fresh Air Remembering Ray Manzarek The program looks back on an interview with Ray Manzarek, keyboardist for The Doors, who died Monday. He co-founded the band with Jim Morrison in 1965. Also, film critic David Edelstein reviews the new films "Frances Ha," from director Noah Baumbach, and "Before Midnight," the third in a series of films by director Richard Linklater.
• 2:00 pm
  World Kurdish Storytellers Not long ago in Turkey, singing a story in Kurdish could get you arrested. Now it's legal, but few Kurds remember the old stories -- or how to sing them. Some of the last working Kurdish storytellers share their secrets with the program.
• 3:00 pm
  NewsHour
• 4:00 pm
  Marketplace The Effects of Increasing Farm Subsides The U.S. Congress is doling big money for farm subsidies, which may mean cuts to food stamps. The program discusses that story, and all the day's business headlines.
• 4:30 pm
  The California Report The California Report Magazine The program discusses how San Francisco aims high in finding meaningful summer jobs for young people from low-income families. The goal is 6000 jobs -- but is it "make work," or a real path to actual careers? The show also visits an ensemble of military moms that entertains veterans.
• 5:00 pm
  All Things Considered

  KQED News 4:30pm, 5:04pm, 5:30pm, 6:04pm & 7:04pm

  
  
  
EVENING
• 6:30 pm
  The California Report The California Report Magazine The program discusses how San Francisco aims high in finding meaningful summer jobs for young people from low-income families. The goal is 6000 jobs -- but is it "make work," or a real path to actual careers? The show also visits an ensemble of military moms that entertains veterans.
• 7:00 pm
  Fresh Air Remembering Ray Manzarek The program looks back on an interview with Ray Manzarek, keyboardist for The Doors, who died Monday. He co-founded the band with Jim Morrison in 1965. Also, film critic David Edelstein reviews the new films "Frances Ha," from director Noah Baumbach, and "Before Midnight," the third in a series of films by director Richard Linklater.
• 8:00 pm
  Commonwealth Club Former Member of Congress Barney Frank First elected to Congress in 1980, Barney Frank gained a reputation as a forceful legislator and a pragmatic politician whose intellect and sense of humor has made him one of the most influential and colorful figures in Washington. In 1987, Frank became the first member of Congress to voluntarily come out as openly gay, and in 2012 he married his longtime partner, becoming the nation's first congressman in a same-sex marriage while in office. KQED's Scott Shafer speaks with Frank about his decades in political life, his ideas about current economic realities and his ambitions for the future.
• 9:00 pm
  BBC World Service
• 10:00 pm
  Forum
• 11:00 pm
  The California Report The California Report Magazine The program discusses how San Francisco aims high in finding meaningful summer jobs for young people from low-income families. The goal is 6000 jobs -- but is it "make work," or a real path to actual careers? The show also visits an ensemble of military moms that entertains veterans.
• 11:30 pm
  All Things Considered